Hope belongs to the class of causes celebres. Mr. Botha has been sentenced for "high treason," and may have already been hanged, unless the sen- tence of the judge has been...

defini- tively made up his mind to "the Empire "; but what France her- self has to say on that point is not so easily defined, since she is gagge d. And not only gagged, but, we...

not ended practically. We come to this conclusion not chiefly through the reports of continued exacerbation in the Senate of the United States, nor through the report of Mr....

"great fact," worthy of the attendance that inaugurated it, although that attendant company comprised the greatest and benignest satirist of our day. A public library of...

"IF you reckon, we reckon ; if you pay your debts, we pay ours": the fish that thus answered the beautiful lady of the Arabian Nights were not more punctual "in their duty" than...

in India. It is assumed that what is dangerous to us from its rest- less contumacy must be seized to bring it completely within the screw of British power ; and Pegu is...

The Board of Health have, in consequence of the recent news from abroad, expressed their formal opinion to the Government that two me- dical officers should be specially...

THE progress of the Queen to her Northern retreat was attended by the usual rejoicings which testify to the loyalty of the people. Her Majesty left Osborne at a quarter-past ten...

rise to a rumour that it had broken out at Magdeburg. This is incorrect, but it shows how prevailing is the consternation on the Continent. Cholera has appeared at Konigsberg on...

The Free Public Library of Manchester was opened with a formal ce- remony on Thursday. In the upper room of the building were assembled about a thousand persons, including the...

Belfast, the manufacturing capital of Ireland, has long been pre- paring for the double honour of a visit from the Lord-Lieutenant and from the British Association. The Earl and...

Mr. Dundas, the victor at the last election for Orkney, was entertained at Kirkwall on Monday, by a number of his friends and supporters. Mr. Baikie of Tankerness presided ;...

Fnexca.—The ifoniteur has continued to publish the addresses of the Conseils-Generaux from day to day. Up to Tuesday evening eighty-three had been received; of which sixty-six...

- The new Rules and Orders in Chancery were published on Wednesday. The .Daily News describes, in a way to be intelligible to unprofessional readers the changes in the practice...

SATURDAY. The annual festival of the Company of Sheffield Cutlers took place on Thursday, under the presidency of Mr. Michael Hunter, the Master Cutler elect. There were...

On the 19th August, at Johnstone Hall, Staffordshire, the Wife of Robert Har- greaves, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. On the 20th, at the Rectory, Ternick, Sussex, the Wife of...

the way to Manchester, reached Crewe in safety. But as it was going at the speed of about forty miles an hour, the driver became aware of some obstruction, and slackened speed,...

Association publicly insist on the adoption of precautionary measures. Alarmed at the progress of the cholera, the Dublin Sanitary Association publicly insist on the adoption of...

After a season protracia: t!:511linkiailatie ieiigtii; die ,floyai Opera closed its doors on Wednesday night. On that find the two pre: , ceding evenings performances were...

emigration-depOts at London, Plymouth, and Liverpool ; the two for- mer to contain sleeping accommodation for 300 each, the last for 600. Thus, it would seem, the Commissioners...

in the presence of the select few, the inauguration was ratified in the evening by a meeting in the Library tall, of the indiscriminate many. Mainly, the speakers were the same,...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FR/DAY AFTERNOON. There has been great steadiness this week in the English Stock Market, and Government Securities have been firm. The investments on the part...

THE TIMES. THE tide of journalism is out, and news has ebbed to its shoals— its blue books of last session, its reviews of books not new, its wondrous stories of natural...

TH:E Smithfield Market question, it appears, after its supposed con- clusion by the late Parliament, has been reopened by the HomeSe- cretary. The fact is announced to the...

A second visit to this exhibition suggests to us a few more words of comment. That it proves attractive is evident—a fact both well-merited and natural; an added attraction...

we may call a few preliminary nights, gave its characteristic stamp to the season, by the production of that long-shelved play, All's Well that Ends Well. Nothing could be more...

" To buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest," has been enunciated as the principle of free trade ' • and it is the sound prin- ciple. But it has been too absolutely...

Tan popular applause that greeted the closing years of Sir Robert Peel's career, the respect with which his name was mentioned by all but the condottieri of faction, has since...

EUROPA. is summoned to the Westminster Police Court by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to account for her escapade in riding off on the bull. Cremorne is...

THE facts prove beyond a doubt that railway companies have not so perfected their arrangements as to insure safety for passengers with a diminution of attentlance. It is...

Versailles, let September 1852. The weather has been so fine during the last fortnight, that to pass one's day out of doors, like "the natives," has become well nigh a habit...

What is, to the majority of persons, the attraction of a " show-house "— one of those aristocratic mansions, a station for royal progresses of the old times, where there is a...

THE OBJECTS OF CONVOCATION. Sin—In your article on Convocation I find the following passage : "The revival of Convocation might or might not be advantageous to the Church...

Sm—As I and my copy of the Spectator have been journeying through Wales by different routes and have not met until today, I have only just now read your last very admirable...

No. 1 Adam Street, Adelphi, August 21, 1852. SIR—Your remarks in today's number on the question of 'Fire at Sea" have called up thoughts and reflections of many years, verified...

CHARGES BY ARCHBISHOP WHATELY, BISHOP HINDS, AND ARCHDEACON GARBETT. • IT is a natural principle in man, as a progressive being and a member of a race which is collectively...

Sforza is selected by Mr. Pollard Urquhart to illustrate the condition of Italy in the fifteenth century. To render more intelligible the state of Italian politics at that time,...

Tits expectations raised by the opening of this novel are not main- - tained. It begins with vigorous and powerful pictures of the peasant indignant against the higher classes...

A GOOD portion of this not very large volume consists of a "ram- ble" through Colonial newspapers, &c. with scissors in hand, or of a condensed -view of the matter of...

Booxs. A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory : including their Organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclattire ; an Account of...

Awn - Lure, Aug. 20.-Corps of Royal Marines-Gent.-Cadet H. D. Rybot to be Sec. Lieut.

BRITISH FUNDS. Stsfurd. (Cloaing Mondays. Priem.) Tuesday. Wedass Thurs. Friday . 3 per Cent Consols 100 100 100 100 1001 1001 Ditto for Account 100 1001 100 150 1001 1004. 3...

Tuesday, August 31. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.-W. and S. Head, New Alresford, blacksmiths-Hol- royd and Simpson jun. Rochdale, woollen-manufacturers-Miles and Bridger. Wor- thing,...

the Official Return.] Ten of Weeks 1841-50. Week of 1851. Symotic Diseases 4,572 .... 310 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 129 .... 43...